Animals
What does a Angler Fish use it's light for?
To catch other fish
Who created a rainbow with a glass prism?
Isaac Newton
What are the main ingredients in a rainbow?
Sunlight and rain (or light and water)
Can you see the moon on the earth if there's no sunlight?
No, you can't see the moon
What is the tiny creatures that are often less than 1mm long that are found in every ocean
Luminous Plankton
Who was the first person to describe the seven colors in light?
Isaac Newton
How does the specter of the Brocken work?
If you climb a mountain near sunset the low sun can cast your shadow on clouds.
What do you need to make your own hologram?
Beam splitter, mirror, lens, and a holographic plate
Could a rattlesnake find you in the dark? If so, how?
Yes, with pits on each side of the snake's head that detect heat.
Did Thomas Edison invent the light bulb?
No (page 87)
What are Bioluminescence?
Certain living creatures that can produce light
Name two ways to bend light?
When a beam of light hits the water at an angle one side of the beam slows before the other and by using a mirror.
What does the Comb Jelly use light for?
Scaring off attackers
Who stole the idea of a telescope from two children?
Hans Lippershey
What did the Pampas tribes of South America believe?
They thought that the moon goddess was darkened in a eclipse with her own blood drawn by savage dogs
Name two ways to find the speed of light.
Shine a light into the spokes of a spinning wheel, and make it bounce off a mirror on a hilltop 8 km away, then return to a wheel. The other way is the same thing, but with a turning mirror instead of a turning wheel.
Name two bugs that uses light to signal for a mate?
Fireflys and Glow-worms
When was Galileo Galilei born?
1564
What are Optical Fibres?
It's pure glass.
What does pupil mean in Latin?
little girl